ref: afe3a1372ab0b41c9d3095b3f882d9cff3d0fdb1
parent: 9a59d8a45a3d46af8d1eddb4a2c8b5c03d49119b
author: Simon Tatham <anakin@pobox.com>
date: Sun Feb 19 07:54:17 EST 2006
Small docs patch from Phil Bordelon adding more history of Sudoku. [originally from svn r6575]
--- a/puzzles.but
+++ b/puzzles.but
@@ -875,11 +875,17 @@
you select 3\by\.4 then the digits which go in your grid will be 1
to 9, plus \cq{a}, \cq{b} and \cq{c}.-I first saw this puzzle in \i{Nikoli} \k{nikoli-solo}, although it's also-been popularised by various newspapers under the name \q{\i{Sudoku}} or-\q{Su Doku}.+I first saw this puzzle in \i{Nikoli} \k{nikoli-solo}, although it's+also been popularised by various newspapers under the name
+\q{Sudoku} or \q{Su Doku}. Howard Garns is considered the inventor+of the modern form of the puzzle, and it was first published in
+\e{Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games}. A more elaborate treatment+of the history of the puzzle can be found on Wikipedia
+\k{wikipedia-solo}. \B{nikoli-solo} \W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/1/index_text-e.htm}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/1/index_text-e.htm}+
+\B{wikipedia-solo} \W{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku}\cw{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku} \H{solo-controls} \I{controls, for Solo}Solo controls